Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Ocean's Eleven (2001)




Synopsis

A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As with its predecessor, Ocean's Eleven opens with its titular hero Danny Ocean (George Clooney stepping into the Frank Sinatra role) eager for a new challenge. The similarities to the original end there, as Ocean conspires with his old pal Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) to rob 150 million dollars from an underground vault that serves three of Las Vegas' biggest casinos. Between the two of them, they recruit nine other men, each with his own criminal specialty, to assist in the mission: moneyman Reuben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould), card dealer Frank (Bernie Mac), pickpocket Linus (Matt Damon), aging con artist Saul (Carl Reiner), British explosives pro Basher (Don Cheadle), techie Dell (Eddie Jemison), rude-boy brothers Virgil (Casey Affleck) and Turk (Scott Caan), and professional acrobat Yen (Shaobo Qin). What Ocean doesn't tell the group is that there's another reason he's coordinating the heist: the three casinos they're robbing are all owned by ruthless gambling mogul Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), who just happens to be married to Ocean's former love Tess (Julia Roberts). Ocean's Eleven was updated by scribe Ted Griffin and marked the third feature shot by director Steven Soderbergh under the alias Peter Andrews.

What Critics Say


Like the original, Ocean's Eleven is a lark, but unlike the 1960 version, it's no throwaway; with Steven Soderbergh directing, the film is stylish and smart, even if it lacks a little soul
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  • ROLE CALL: Clooney Rings 'Ocean's Eleven'

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- George Clooney impersonating Sinatra in Vegas?

    Almost.

    According to Daily Variety, the ex-"ER" do-gooder has inked a deal to star in the remake of "Ocean's Eleven," the 1960 Las Vegas heist flick that starred Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack brethren (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop).

    The original film pitted the Rats as war buddies who scammed to knock-off Vegas Strip casinos at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day. During production, Sinatra et al entertained the locals with a notorious string of late-night shows at the now-dearly-departed Sands.

    While Clooney comes to the remake sans his own Rat Pack, he'll be joined on the project by at least one old crony. Steven Soderbergh, who directed Clooney in the stylish 1998 bank-robber flick "Out of Sight," has been tapped to helm the all-new



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